http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/human-rights-treaties/ Advancing global health and social justice Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/human-rights-treaties/comment-page-1/#comment-8656 Harry Olmstead Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=1012#comment-8656 Michael Ramey: Is the use of capital punishment a "respect of human rights"? Michael Ramey: Is the use of capital punishment a “respect of human rights”?

]]> http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/human-rights-treaties/comment-page-1/#comment-8633 brent704 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:10:48 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=1012#comment-8633 The U.S. government violates our UDHR (Universal declaration of human rights): Amnesty International calls for USA to have greater respect for human rights. The government ratifies human rights in a way that denies U.S. residents the right to enforce their provisions of the U.S. courts. *example* the united states is the only country that does NOT recognize the rights of children. The military recruits high school age (under 18), juveniles are executed, children are abused and exploited under title IV (social security act) in a way which causes poverty by transferring wealth from one person to another. also, our government doesn't recognize (by ratifying and bringing to "force of law") our social or economic rights. The US has also failed to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The U.S. government violates our UDHR (Universal declaration of human rights): Amnesty International calls for USA to have greater respect for human rights. The government ratifies human rights in a way that denies U.S. residents the right to enforce their provisions of the U.S. courts. *example* the united states is the only country that does NOT recognize the rights of children. The military recruits high school age (under 18), juveniles are executed, children are abused and exploited under title IV (social security act) in a way which causes poverty by transferring wealth from one person to another. also, our government doesn’t recognize (by ratifying and bringing to “force of law”) our social or economic rights. The US has also failed to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

]]> http://www.hhropenforum.org/2009/08/human-rights-treaties/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Michael Ramey Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:01:23 +0000 http://www.hhropenforum.org/?p=1012#comment-805 The answer to the title question is simple: The United States is a self-governing people. Under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, any ratified treaty becomes "the supreme law of the land," equal to federal law (according to Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1(1957)). Any human rights treaty, if ratified, is essentially the equivalent of adopting a U.N. convention as U.S. law and, frankly, we still prefer that our own duly-elected legislators write and vote on the laws that govern us domestically. U.N. treaties involving relations among nations are one thing; UN treaties and human rights conventions that would tell us how our nation is to be run internally are simply unacceptable to a free people. We respect and protect human rights - but we will do so in our own laws and remain self-governing, thank you very much. The answer to the title question is simple: The United States is a self-governing people. Under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, any ratified treaty becomes “the supreme law of the land,” equal to federal law (according to Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1(1957)). Any human rights treaty, if ratified, is essentially the equivalent of adopting a U.N. convention as U.S. law and, frankly, we still prefer that our own duly-elected legislators write and vote on the laws that govern us domestically. U.N. treaties involving relations among nations are one thing; UN treaties and human rights conventions that would tell us how our nation is to be run internally are simply unacceptable to a free people. We respect and protect human rights – but we will do so in our own laws and remain self-governing, thank you very much.

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